152. 

 GLYPHIPTERYX LINNEELLA. 



Order Lepidoptera. Fam. Tineidae Leach. Tineites Lot. 



Type of the Genus Phalgena Linneella Clerck. 



Glyphipteryx Nob. — CEcophora Lett. — Tinea Fab. — Phalaena 

 (Tinea) Linn. 



Jntennce capillary, alike in both sexes, inserted close to the eyes 

 on the cro\yn of the head, as long as the wings, composed of 

 numerous joints covered with scales, the basal joint long, nearly 

 naked and subclavate (fig. 1, a few joints magnified). 

 MaxUlcB not much longer than the palpi, attenuated, robust and 

 covered with scales at the base (3, 3). 



Labial Palpi drooping and diverging outward (4, 4), longer than 



the head, slender, slightly curved, and sparingly clothed with 



small scales, 3-jointed, basal joint clavate, 2nd long linear, 3rd 



nearly as long attenuated (4 a). 



Head obovate viewed in front, the cltjpeus being somewhat produced (7), 



covered with close, broad, shining imbricated scales. Eyes small 



(7 a, the head in profile). Wings subdefiexed when at rest, superior 



linear-lanceolate embossed, the posterior margin not defined producing 



very long hairy scales from the surface, forming the cilia : inferior 



lanceolate, surrounded by very long cilia. Legs, posterior pair the 



longest. Thighs very short. Tibise, anterior with an internal spine, 



the remainder spurred, the posterior having 2 spurs towards the base 



and producing some long hairs on the outside. Tarsi 5 -jointed. 



Claws minute (Sf, a hind leg). 



Caterpillars witli 14 feet. Fab. Pupae naked. Fab. 



Linneella Clerck, tab. 12. f 8. — Linn. Faun. Suec. 1408. 



Head thorax and abdomen very glossy, dull and pale violaceous. 

 Antennse black, white at their apex. Palpi and legs fuscous 

 variegated with yellowish white. Superior wings bright orange, 

 black at the base and apex where it is metallic ; a line on the 

 costa interrupted in the middle, a small spot near the base and 

 3 embossed spots forming a triangle in the middle of each wing 

 burnished silver, the latter black beneath. Inferior wings black- 

 ish violet, with a yellow cast. Cilia blackish. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



